On April 8, The Pilot published my column about the “pork” included in the $2.2 trillion “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act.” In that article I pointed out over $100 billion of goodies that are unrelated to COVID-19 relief.

For 82 minutes during President Trump’s State of the Union address last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shuffled papers, chewed on her lip, scowled and mostly kept her seat as the chamber erupted in applause over 100 times.

Across urban America, we have neighborhoods that are predominantly white or black, and the local schools are therefore corresponding mostly white or black. Segregation supports racism, and it is about time we fixed both.